The
Board of Adams County Commissioners met this day with the following
present:Vice-Chairman Mike
Paradis, Commissioner Joe Holmes, Clerk Sherry Ward and Tim Hohs and Fran
Villano from the Adams County Record.

Whereas
the following proceedings were had, to-wit:

Vice-Chairman
Mike Paradis opened the Adams County Commissioner meeting.

MINUTES:Joe Holmes made a motion to
approve the minutes.The
motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.

ROAD
& BIRDGE WAGES:Martin Carter came before the Board to discuss the wages of the
Road & Bridge employees.Martin Carter brought up several very good points; the main
concerns were that the wages are not up to where it needs to be to
attract future employees.Martin said he would like to see the longevity pay raised.Martin said the third lead man
needs to have a cell phone.

RAC
PROPOSALS:Kimberly
Brandel from the Forest Service e-mailed the list of RAC proposals from
the Board to review.Support
letters will be written for the Jordan & Glendale fish screens.Joe Holmes made a motion to write
letters of support for the two projects.The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed
unanimously.

AMBULANCE/FIRE
PROJECT:Dan Huter
came before the Board to ask for a letter of support for the project to
go forth.Joe Holmes made a
motion to have a letter of support to be prepared.The motion was seconded by Mike
Paradis and passed unanimously.

CAPITOL
OUTLAY:A capitol
outlay from was prepared for a PC that is no longer needed in the
Commissioner’s office.Joe
Holmes made a motion to declare the PC with monitor and speakers as
surplus property.The motion
was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.

FINAL
ORDER ON COUNCIL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL TAXING DISTRICT:The Board reviewed the final
order on the Hospital District.Joe Holmes made a motion to sign the order.The motion was seconded by Mike
Paradis and passed unanimously.

SHERIFF
MATTERS:Rich Green,
Sheriff, gave an update on the tile work to be done in the jail
showers.Rich discussed the
increase fees from the City contracts.Rich talked about Enhanced 911 and how well it will
work for the County.The
total cost is $158,000.00.

Scot
Kump joined the meeting.

ROAD
& BRIDGE:Tom
Glenn, Road Supervisor, met.The county will complete work on Ferrell Lane soon.The Federal highway people will
be here to review Council/Cuprum Road.Old Sawmill Road:the signs are still on the right-of-way and still say
private roads.Signs can be
on the private land not on the right-of-way.The Board suggested a letter be written from Myron
Gabbert, Prosecuting Attorney, telling landowners the signs need to be
removed or will be removed by the County.The crew will be back down here soon and do the work
the Legion Hall needs.

WICAP:Karen Hoffer was present to
request funding for the next fiscal year.The request is for $2,000.00, no change from last
year.WCIAP is looking at
hiring another person for the area bringing the hours up to 20 from
8.Mileage reimbursement is
provided.

CLAIMS:A claim for 2007 WICAP
contributions and a claim for the 2 jet skis from Carl’s Cycle Sales were
reviewed for payment.The
claim for the jet skis will be put on hold until the funding from the
Parks and Recreation is received.Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the claims.The motion was seconded by Mike
Paradis and passed unanimously.

SUSPENSION
AGREEMENT:Myron
Gabbert, Prosecuting Attorney, prepared a suspension agreement with
Computer Arts for the property tax software.The County has decided to stay with the State Tax
Commission software until they will no longer support the software at
that time we will go back to the Computer Arts software.Joe Holmes made a motion to sign the
suspension agreement.The
motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.

RESOLUTION
2007-08:A
housekeeping issue with Resolution 2006-11, the third paragraph had the
word under and needed to be corrected to over.Joe Holmes made a motion to void Resolution 2006-11
and replace if with Resolution 2007-08.The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed
unanimously.

CLOSING
DOCUMENTS FOR NEW MEADOWS DEPOT GRANT:Sage Resources sent the final documents for the Board
to review and sign.Joe
Holmes made a motion to sign the documents.The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed
unanimously.

INDIGENT:
Peggy Pinkal, Deputy Clerk, presented letter of denial for a mental
hospitalization to the Board.Joe Holmes made a motion to sign the prepared letter of
denial.The motion was
seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.

With
no further business to come before the Board the Board recessed until
July 30, 2007.